acacia
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1. any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | tree, |
| definition | : | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | shittah, shittah tree, |
| definition | : | source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | wattle, |
| definition | : | any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | acacia catechu, catechu, jerusalem thorn, |
| definition | : | East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus acacia, |
| definition | : | large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | gum acacia, gum arabic, |
| definition | : | gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals) (noun.substance) |
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